Denziens Napoleonics
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About the Project
I've always floated around napoleonic wargames but I've never concentrated on it. I've done tiny 10m andxa bit of 28m. This new year I want to work on napoleonic minis for 3 different systems....maybe four.
Related Genre: Historical
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Rules
First decision is to pick a rules system. There are plenty to choose from but it depends what level of game yout after. For 28m i used to play chosen men but moved on to Shakos and bayonets which is a variationof the musketsand tomahawks rules system. This is great for skirmishgames snd i wouldnt want to attemptany thing largercthan a skirmishgame in 28m. Its a card drivensystemwirh lots of great dramatic monents making it cimenamatic and story driven. It allows you to pick a nationality and create a reasonable sized force without going overboard. This is the rules set im sticking with for 28m.to.
I might also dabble in silver bayonet as I go but for 10m I thought I'd try soldiers of Napoleon. I have a good sized 10m collection already from a previous project and I think these rules best suit this scale. It adds more flavour for the way armies actually operated at the time and is another card driven system. So for something on a grander scale I'll be using this system 
Inspiration at Waterloo
During the summer I visited France and Belgium gor the first time so made my way to the army museum in Paris which was a fancy uniform dream before heading up to Waterloo. It did a good job of inspiring me
The huge battle field table in the visitor centre 
A closer look at the Hougamon model set up in what's left of the old chateau 
Sharpe returned to the field 
